Full name: The Edifice Complex: How the Rich and Powerful-and Their Architects-Shape the World

Author: Deyan Sudjic Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Architecture, Non Fiction, Politics Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781594200687 1594200688

A provocative look at architecture-"exceptionally intelligent and original" (Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World) Deyan Sudjic-"probably the most influential figure in architecture you've never heard of" - argues that architecture, far from being auteur art, must be understood as a naked expression of power. From the grandiose projects of Stalin and Hitler to the "theme park" excess of today's presidential libraries, Sudjic goes behind the scenes of history's great manipulators of building propaganda-and exposes Rem Koolhaas, Frank Gehry, and other architects in a disturbing new light. This controversial book is essential reading for all those interested in the power of architecture-or the architecture of power. * A Washington Post Book World Best Book of the Year Similar books: Experiencing Architecture by Steen Eiler Rasmussen Thinking Architecture by Peter Zumthor The Most Beautiful House in the World by Witold Rybczynski A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain by Owen Hatherley The Oregon Experiment by Christopher Alexander S,M,L,XL by Rem Koolhaas The Seven Lamps of Architecture by John Ruskin Atmospheres by Peter Zumthor Modern Architecture Since 1900 by William J. R. Curtis Shelter by Lloyd Kahn Unbuilding by David Macaulay 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew Frederick Delirious New York by Rem Koolhaas The Classical Language of Architecture by John Summerson Learning from Las Vegas by Robert Venturi Plunder and Deceit by Mark R. Levin Dangerous by Milo Yiannopoulos Killing the Deep State by Jerome R. Corsi Liars, Leakers, and Liberals by Jeanine Pirro Hillary the Other Woman by Dolly Kyle